Greer’s Bill Hass will tee off at 10:08 a.m. on Thursday with Miguel Angel Jimenez and Matteo Manassero. Greenville’s Lucas Glover will tee off at 11:36 a.m. with Jose Maria Olazabal and Garrick Porteous.

Adam Scott is bidding to become just the second man in more than two decades to win the Masters in back-to-back years, and kicks off his title defense in the company of Jason Dufner and Matthew Fitzpatrick.

Scott, who downed Angel Cabrera in a second playoff hole in 2013, and Dufner share at least one thing in common: they won their opening majors last year. In Scott's case, it ended years of near misses at golf's biggest events.

The famously laid-back Dufner -- "Dufnering" is a phenomenon -- captured the PGA Championship about four months after Scott became the first Australian to wear the famous green jacket and 19-year-old Fitzpatrick has earned a reputation, too.

Last August he became the first Englishman to claim the U.S. Amateur Championship in more than 100 years.

They begin the first round at Augusta at 10:41 a.m. local time Thursday.

Scott, the highest-ranked golfer in the field because of Tiger Woods' absence, has already been on the course this year, playing a round with his father last week.

"No doubt he had a great time," Scott was quoted as saying by the Golf Channel. "And so did I."

Scott, according to British bookmaker William Hill, is the joint favorite with former No. 1 Rory McIlroy, who starts alongside Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed 11 minutes after Scott.

Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els and Justin Rose -- who own a combined 10 majors -- are the second to last trio to get underway, at 1:48 p.m. on Thursday.

Three-time Masters champion Mickelson enters the tournament under an injury cloud, pulling out of the Texas Open with a side injury late last month.

Woods is missing the tournament after undergoing back surgery last week.

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